SRIPERUMBUDUR TEMPLE

       




        Visited Sriperumbvudur Temple on 29th November before the rains started after dropping my daughter for an exam at Poonamalle.  It is the birthplace of Shri Ramanuja who enunciated the Vishishtadwaitha philosophy.  He was born in 1017 AD and lived for 120 years.  The main deity of the temple is Shri Ramanuja one of the three idols of him the other two being in Melkote and Srirangam.  The idols were made by his shishyas.  The perumal here is called Adikesava Perumal and thayar is called Yathirajanadhavalli. Th idol of Ramanuja is called Thanuganda thirumeni meaning that which is like by Acharya.  There is a mandapam opposite the temple in which Ramanuja was supposed to be born.  The temple has ingredients of late Chola and early Vijayanagar architechture. During the wars of Hyder Ali and Tippu Sultan the idols were shifted to Madras.

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